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v 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. M. W. ENOS. I SOIL BULVERIZING MACHINE.

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Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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SOIL BULVERIZING MACHINE. No. 392,320. r Patented Nov. 6, 1888.

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I 1 QQitmaoem Q anon urea MATTHEW \V. ENOS. OF CARLINVILLE. ILLlNOlId.

' SOIL-PULVERlZlNG MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,320,

Application filed May 23, was. Serial No. 274.837. mammal.

soil-pulverizing machines; and it consists in a the combi'nationof parts hereinafter described,

illustrated in the drawings, and pointed outp in the appended claim.

Figure 1, of the drawings is a perspective view of a pnlverizenrnachine embodying the invention. Fig. 2 isa central vertlcaiiongh" tudinal section thereof.

Referring to thedrawings by letter, A des ignates the platform of the machine, having the axle B secured transversely to its under surface across its rear edge and the conveyer- 'wheels O on the ends thereof.

0 c are chain-wheels formed on the inner 1 sides of the wheels 0, concentric with the axles thereof.- a

D is the drivers seat, resting on thespringstandard d, rising from the platform, and E is a transverse shaft journal'ed on the front por- 'tion' of the platform and carrying the fixed chain-wheels e on their ends.

are chain-wheels loosely mounted on "the ends of theshaft E. The hubs of the said chain-wheels F have their outer'edges provided with the inwardly-standing square shoulders f,

springs G,

shoulders, gj, that ride in and out on the ends of the shaft that bear against said sleeves and against the disksg on the ends of the shaft E, causing the shoulders f and g to engage.

H H are chains that connect the chainwheels 0 and 17, moving the latter from the former. Y

I is a shield-plate extending from the rearplatform and curving downward edge of the therefrom, so that it covers the pulverizer; frame J, Whiehhas its shaftK journaled at the ends in the rearward extensions 9' of the side rails of the platform.

k k. are chain-wheels on said shaft outside ofit's bearings, andL L are chains connecting wheels, 0.

pushed backward, however,

which engage similar meeting on the non-rotatable sleeves G,

serve to keep and have at their outer ends the coiled dated November 6, 188.

said wheels with the corresponding chain- The frame J is composed of the and wheels. at, and the transverse bars M, connecting said wheels andrunning downward from one side to the other, the said bars being parallel.

N N are teeth standing outward from said bars.

0 is the tongue having the clevis 0 secured to its outer end and journaled upon the platform between thelongitudinal bars pp thereof.

P is a curved raek-bar standing upward from the platform and provided with the notches p on its outer edge, and Q is a lever securedto the rear-end of the tongue,- passing thence upfrom its lower end, and having its vertical rod q, drivers seat and is adapted to engage the notches 17', so that the tongue can be set higher or lower thereby. I

It wilLbe observed that as the machine is drawn over the ground the frame J will be rotated, so as to e. \se the teeth N to take into and turn up the soil, thereby thoroughly pulverizing the same, so that seed may beproperly sowed. When the machine is being drawn forward, the shoulders f of the wheels F engage the shoulders g of the collars G, and consequently rotate the shaft E, and through the which rises adjacent to the said shaft the wheels 6 and ehains'I drive the pulverizer frame. When the machine is will slip past the shoulders g, verizer-i'rame will not be rotated andthe teeth bent or otherwise injured. Thecoiled springs the collars normally pressed to'- ward the wheels F, but allow the said collars to yield readily to allow the shoulders f to slip past the shouldersg when the machine is going backward.

By means of the lever Q and its connections the machine can be quickly adjusted to cut to a greater or less depth while the machine is in motion. 7

Having described my invention, I. claim- The combination of the frame, the. axle mounted thereon,the carrying-wheels mounted on the axle, the shaft E, journaled transversely in the front end of the frame, the wheels e, secured to said shaft, the wheels 0 on the axle, geared to the wheels 0, the. wheels F, loosely mounted on the shaft Eand having the shoul- In testimony thatlclaiin the foregoingas my m ders f, the sliding collars G,'mounted on the ownl haveliereto affixed mysi naturein presshaft E and having the shouldersg engaged by I ence of two witnesses.

the shoulders f, springs coiled around the shaft E and normally pressing the collars G MATTHEW \V. ENG toward the yvheels F, and the pulverizing frame at therear end of the frame provided \Vitnesses:

with the wheels K, geared to the wheels F, as .T. L. PLAIN,

specified. 1 l (1. .lhwmxs. 

